RE: Little red light's a flashin'

[Bradley Peet <btpeet@effervescent.com>]

I've had the same experience on my Scirocco and have heard of other people 
experiencing phenomenon.

The coolant temp LED starts flashing even though the coolant reservoir is 
full.  After a few minutes it often goes off.  Otherwise, I've had to turn 
the key off and (immediately) restart the car to get it to stop blinking.

What's REALLY annoying in my Quantum Wagon... the coolant LED blinks 
intermittently - whenever it feels like it!  The previous owner put TAPE over 
it so they wouldn't have to look at it!  Morons!  I removed the tape and have 
determined the problem to be in the instrument panel itself as a good tap on 
the dash usually makes it go out (or come on even stronger).

-Bradley
1987 Quantum Syncro Wagon FOR SALE now! (Seattle, WA)
1986 Scirocco 16V 2.0 liter, usual mods, etc.
http://effervescent.com/btp/vw.html

> > >> |Hey folks, I have a question.  What exactly does that little red
> > >light
> > >> |on the temp meter tell the driver about?
[SNIP]
> Yep, that could be the problem, but it is unlikely that the connector
> came off the sensor. Maybe the insulation melted somewhere and the sensor
> is also now connected to "ground"? That would do it too.
>
> Mine does something funky: whenever the car is not driven for >2 weeks,
> the LED keeps flashing for about 3-4 minutes after I drive the car. After
> about 2-3 days of regular driving, it reverts back to the normal behavior
> of flashing a few times and then stopping.
>
> Ilias

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